culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
100,000; hundred thousand
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
arrest; apprehension; capture
custody; detention; confinement
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
plants and animals; flora and fauna
control; management (e.g. of a business)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
latex (milky fluid found in plants); milky lotion (cosmetic); body milk
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship